Smoke Hounds Review Round 4

Terminology

100

Central location that takes all emergency calls and routes the call to the fire, emergency medical, or law enforcement dispatcher.

Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)

200

NIMS-ICS involves 6 major organizational functions. Name 3 of them. (Bonus 200 if you can name all 6)

Command, Planning, Finance/Administration, Operations, Logistics, Intelligence/Investigation.

300

Method for identifying which emergency responders are working on an incident scene.

Personnel Accountability System or Personnel Accountability Report

400

Fire department organizational subdivision consisting of several fire service companies in a designated geographical area. Usually above individual companies or stations.

Battalion

500

Operations intended to standardized or adjust the values of quantities indicated by a measuring instrument

Calibration

Building Construction

100

This type of construction is also known as noncombustible construction. Steel components in this have a lower fire-resistance rating and fail sooner. Most common form of this construction type include metal framing members, metal cladding, concrete-block wall construction, and unprotected open web joists supporting metal roof decks.

Type 2 Construction

200

There are 2 subsets to type 5 construction in regard to their framing. Name one of them. (Bonus 100 if you can name both)

Balloon Framing and Platform Framing

300

These structures separate two adjoining structures or two occupancy classifications within the same structure to slow the spread of fire from one to the other.

Fire Walls

400

There are 10 different roof types in construction. Name 5 of them. (Bonus 400 if you can name all of them)

Arched, Mansard, Sawtooth, Shed, Lantern, Gambrel, Hip, Butterfly, Pitched, Flat

500

Name the 3 truss types you will run into

Parallell Chord, Arched Chord, and Pitched Chord

Fire Dynamics

100

What are the 4 parts of the fire tetrahedron?

Fuel, Heat, Oxygen, and Chemical Reaction

200

Smoke is a product of this.

Incomplete Combustion

300

This is a toxic and flammable substance produced in the combustion of materials containing nitrogen.

Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN)

400

Name the 3 mechanisms of heat transfer.

Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

500

Some flammable liquids (methanol and ethanol) will mix readily with water. What are they called?

Polar Solvents

Hose, Hydrants, Water Streams

100

This is what happens when you abruptly close a valve.

Water Hammer

200

There are 4 main preconnected hose loads for attack lines. Name them

Preconnected Flat Load, Triple Layer Load, Minutemen Load, and Booster Hose Reels.

300

What are the 3 basic type of fire hydrants?

Dry-Barrel Hydrants, Wet-Barrel Hydrants, and Dry Hydrants

400

There are 4 different type of valves. Name them

Ball Valves, Butterfly Valves, Clapper Valves, and Gate Valves

500

Water Expands to approximately how many times its original volume as it turns to steam?

1,700 times

Ventilation

100

These 2 cuts are also known as an inspection cut

Kerf cut and Triangle Cut

200

What is the difference between positive pressure attack and negative pressure attack?

Positive pressure is pushing air, Negative is pulling air

300

These type of cuts are where the truss is in the middle of the cut.

Louver cut

400

Openings such as pipe chases, stairways, elevator shafts, unprotected ducts, and other vertical and horizontal openings contribute to this phenomenon.

Stack Effect

500

This is where you use fog nozzles to help ventilate a structure.

Hydraulic Ventilation